How to Set Up the Telemetry Rockets - Hyp-ed/hyped-2024 GitHub Wiki
Warning Do not use this if you have already set up the Rockets. It will completely reset them.
- Setup computer: First-time setup computer, will be replaced with the comms controller later.
- Base station computer: The mission control/base station computer.
The pod Rocket is denoted by a blue dot next to the ethernet port
- Plug in both Rocket adapters into sockets
- Plug in ethernet cable from Rocket into PoE socket of adapter (for both Rockets)
- Plug in ethernet cable from laptop into LAN socket of adapter (for both laptops)
- Screw in antenna (for both Rockets)
-
Restart both Rockets:
- Put sharp implement into reset hole with the Rockets powered on for 30 seconds
- Keeping the implement in the reset hole, power off the Rocket (turn off the PoE adapter) and wait for 30 seconds
- Still keeping the implement in the reset hole, power on the Rocket (turn on the PoE adapter) and wait for 30 seconds
- Configure static IP address for ethernet interface
- This will depend on your operating system, but typically under network settings somewhere
- Set IP address to
192.168.1.40
- Set Subnet Mask to
255.255.255.0
- Set router IP to
192.168.1.20
- Try
ping 192.168.1.20
- If request times out or other error, restart Rocket and try again
- If ping above works, go to
192.168.1.20
in the browser, where AirOS login screen should show up
- Login using the details below
-
Username:
ubnt
-
Password:
ubnt
-
Username:
- Go to the
System
tab:- Set
Device Name
toBase Station Rocket
- Set
Administrator User Name
tohyped
- Set
Current Passsword
toubnt
- Set
New Password
andVerify New Password
toedinburgh
- Click
Change
button in bottom right - Click
Apply
button in blue box in top right
- Set
Go back to 192.168.1.20
in the browser, and it will prompt you to log you in again
- On AirOS page, click on
Wireless
tab- Set
Wireless Mode
toAccess Point
- Check
WDS (Transparent Bridge Mode)
box - Set
SSID
tohyped-bridge
- !!!!Set
Frequency
to917
- not sure why, seems to work better when this is set, feel free to mess around with this - Set
Security
toWPA2-AES
- Set
WPA Authentication
toPSK
- Set
WPA Preshared Key
toedinburgh
- Click
Change
button in bottom right, and apply changes
- Set
- On AirOS page, click on
Network
tab- Set
IP Address
to192.168.1.100
- Set
Subnet Mask
to255.255.255.0
- Click
Change
button in bottom right, and apply changes
- Set
Note, to now access the AirOS page again, go to
192.168.1.100
- Configure static IP address for ethernet interface
- This will depend on your operating system, but typically under network settings somewhere
- Set IP address to
192.168.1.50
- Set Subnet Mask to
255.255.255.0
- Set router IP to
192.168.1.20
- Try
ping 192.168.1.20
- If request times out or other error, restart Rocket and try again
- If ping above works, go to
192.168.1.20
in browser, where AirOS login screen should show up
-
Login using the details below
-
Username:
ubnt
-
Password:
ubnt
-
Username:
-
Go to the
System
tab:- Set
Device Name
toPod Rocket
- Set
Administrator User Name
tohyped
- Set
Current Passsword
toubnt
- Set
New Password
andVerify New Password
toedinburgh
- Click
Change
button in bottom right - Click
Apply
button in blue box in top right
- Set
-
On AirOS page, click on
Wireless
tab- Set
Wireless Mode
toStation
- Check
WDS (Transparent Bridge Mode)
box - Click
Select...
button next toSSID
text box to start site survey- Select
hyped-bridge
(this is our access point Rocket M900) - Click
Lock to AP
- Select
- Set
Security
toWPA2-AES
- Set
WPA Authentication
toPSK
- Set
WPA Preshared Key
toedinburgh
(the same as base-station Rocket) - Click
Change
button in bottom right, and apply changes
- Set
-
On AirOS page, click on
Network
tab- Set
IP Address
to192.168.1.110
- Set
Subnet Mask
to255.255.255.0
- Click
Change
button in bottom right, and apply changes
- Set
- Now unplug the ethernet cable from the station computer and plug it into the beaglebone
- Assign the beaglebone ethernet network interface a static ip:
sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.40 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
- This is the same address and netmask that we used for the station computer
- This command must be run everytime the beaglebone is rebooted
- Test connection to the access point computer
ping 192.168.1.40
- Add the following lines to
/etc/network/interfaces
:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.50
gateway 192.168.1.20
netmask 255.255.255.0
- Disable
connman
:sudo nano /etc/connman/main.conf
and addeth0
toNetworkInterfaceBlacklist
. - Add startup script to enable
eth0
interface:sudo nano /etc/rc.local
and add the following:
#!/bin/bash
ifup eth0
exit 0
- Make
rc.local
file executable:sudo chmod +x /etc/rc.local
.